Vinayak Kulkarni's chess openings
🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 1976148 games
Vinayak Kulkarni, from India, has 148 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Vinayak Kulkarni most often opens with 1.d4 (64% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White77 games · +24 =26 −27 · 48%
As Black71 games · +20 =22 −29 · 44%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening64%48 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening32%24 games · scores 54% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening4%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.c4 b6 2.Nc3 Bb7 3.e4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense95%36 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense5%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game78%18 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense22%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+
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